A consultative session was held at NEPRA HQ today to discuss how to maximize utilization of local coal and sourcing of cheapest coal for reducing the power tariff. The session was presided by Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi, Authority Members and was attended by representatives of CPPA-G, PPIB, Thar Coal Energy Board, Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company, IPPs, Industrialists, Coal Importers & Transporters
To discuss the shifting of geopolitics of energy in the Middle East & Africa, Chairman NEPRA participated as a panelist at Siemens Energy MEA Energy Week's "Ministerial Panel" alongside Beck Anderson (CNN), Ministers from Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, and Managing Director of Siemens Energy (Middle East)
Shaikh Abdulaziz Hamad Aljomaih, Vice Chairman, Al Jomaih Holding, Saudia Arabia and Mr. Reyadh S. Al-Edrissi, Deputy CEO, National Industries Group, Kuwait along K-Electric Board Chairman and other Board Members called on Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi in his office today to discuss matters of mutual interest
Public Hearing regarding Quarterly Adjustments of XWDISCOs on account of Capacity Charges, Transmission Charges & MOF, Variable O & M Charges and impact of T&D of Losses on FCA for the 3rd Quarter of FY 2021-22 held at NEPRA Tower, Islamabad. The Authority heard the petitioners as well as the stakeholders and will announce its decision in due course of time
Public Hearing Regarding Fuel Charges Adjustment of K-Electric for the Month of April 2022 and quarterly adjustment for quarter ended March 2022 under MYT FY 2017-2023 was held at NEPRA Tower, Islamabad. The Authority heard the petitioner as well as the stakeholders and will announce its decision in due course of time
NEPRA under the leadership of the Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi hold a workshop today on Industry-Academia linkages with the objectives to help creating a nexus between industries and academia, figure out how Industry and academia join hands to address upcoming challenges and contribute towards national growth by aligning academic programs to meet cross-sectoral needs. The workshop was attended by professionals from the power sector and members of the academia
Public Hearing regarding Tariff petition filed by 100 MWp Zorlu Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited for determination of reference Generation Tariff was held at NEPRA Tower, Islamabad. The Authority heard the petitioner as well as the stakeholders and will announce its decision in due course of time
In a landmark decision that will usher in a new era of competition and help address the woes of the power sector, the NEPRA Authority has granted the market operator licence under CTBCM to the Central Power Purchasing Agency (Guarantee) Ltd. Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi graced a ceremony to celebrate and handover the market operator licence to CPPA-G in NEPRA HQ.
Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi briefed the journalists/correspondents from Print & Electronic Media on mechanism for monthly Fuel Charges Adjustments (FCAs), Quarterly Adjustments and rebasing of Tariff today at NEPRA Tower, Islamabad. This was aimed to report accurately in the media on the subject
Public Hearing regarding Tariff proposal of Star Hydropower Ltd. 147 MW Patrind Hydropower project submitted by CPPA-G regarding recovery of sales tax on constructions service and O&M services was held at NEPRA Tower, Islamabad. The Authority heard the petitioner as well as the stakeholders and will announce its decision in due course of time
Public Hearing regarding Quarterly Adjustments of XWDISCOs on account of Capacity Charges, Transmission Charges & MOF, Variable O & M Charges and impact of T&D of Losses on FCA for the 2nd Quarter of FY 2021-22 held at NEPRA Tower, Islamabad. The Authority heard the petitioners as well as the stakeholders and will announce its decision in due course of time
NEPRA hold three consecutive Public Hearings on the tariff petitions of Access Solar, Access Electric (Pvt.) Limited for the determination of Generation Tariff and the application of CPPA-G for grant of licence as Market Operator at NEPRA HQ. The Authority heard the petitioners as well as the stakeholders and will announce its decision soon
Chairman NEPRA hosted the MoU signing Ceremony between Port Qasim Electric Power Company and Akhuwat under the Power with Prosperity Drive of NEPRA CSR at NEPRA Headquarters. Under the Leadership and vision of Chairman NEPRA, the Power with Prosperity drive is facilitating the power sector players to invest in the social uplift projects for the communities they’re working with. Till now, K-Electric, Engro, and KAPCO have signed MoUs with Akhuwat to provide interest free loans to the needy members of the community for enabling access to power through solar PV rooftop solutions
Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi along with Member Sindh, Rafique Ahmad Shaikh and Member KPK, Maqsood Anwar Khan bid farewell to Mr. Rehmatullah Baloch upon completion of his tenure as Member Balochistan. The NEPRA Authority and Senior Officers appreciated the services and contribution of Mr. Rehmatullah Baloch for the power sector and wished him best of luck in his future endeavors
Ms. Carmen Goby, Vice President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber along with Austrian Trade Mission and Austrian Business Delegation called on Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi at NEPRA HQ today. Chairman NEPRA briefed and discussed investment opportunities for Austrian companies in power sector of Pakistan
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Denmark in Pakistan, Mr. Simon Kjeldsen called on Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi at NEPRA HQ today to discuss Technical Support of Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and Energinet (Danish TSO) to Pakistan under Danish Energy Transition Initiative (DETI) for capacity building
Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi inaugurated the renovated daycare centre at NEPRA HQ today. Chairman NEPRA said that the purpose of renovating the daycare centre is to facilitate the working women of NEPRA by providing best facilities to their kids so that they are more focused on their professional assignments
NEPRA hold two consecutive Public Hearings regarding Fuel Charges Adjustment of K-Electric for the Month of January 2022 and Quarterly adjustment for the Quarter ending December 2021 under MYT 2017-2023 at NEPRA Tower, Islamabad. The Authority heard the petitioner as well as the stakeholders and will announce its decision in due course of time
NEPRA hold two consecutive Public Hearings on Revision in Coal Pricing Mechanism and Fuel Charges Adjustment of XWDISCOs for the Month of January 2022 at NEPRA Tower, Islamabad. The Authority heard the petitioners as well as the stakeholders and will announce its decision in due course of time
NEPRA in collaboration with Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) today held an awareness session for NEPRA Professionals about physical protection and security. PNRA officials informed NEPRA Professionals about its various physical protection and security protocols to protect employees and the community from catastrophic radiological security Incidents
NEPRA hosted a webinar on "Working at Height" in collaboration with "Safe T Consult.". A large number of power sector professionals, field staff, and contractors participated along with chairman NEPRA , and professionals. NEPRA Chairman Tauseef H. Farooqi in his keynote address said that in NEPRA vision of 'Power with Safety,' who report for duty should return to their families safe and healthy
Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi and CEO 1LINK, Mr. Najeeb Agrawalla signed an agreement at Karachi to facilitate NEPRA licensees to make online payment of fees through digital banking channels using 1Link platform. NEPRA has now become leading regulatory authority to provide a major step towards digital bill payment solution in Power Sector of Pakistan.
An awareness session about fire hazards at the workplace was held today at NEPRA HQ in collaboration with the Directorate of Emergency & Disaster Management (E&DM), CDA, Islamabad. The session was attended by Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi and all NEPRA employees. Chairman NEPRA in his closing remarks appreciated the efforts of the Directorate of E&DM and called them the real heroes.
NEPRA held Three consecutive Public Hearings regarding MYT petitions filed by SEPCO and HESCO for determination of Tariff for Distribution & Supply of Power for FY 2020-21 & FY 2024-25 and adjustment request for Indexation of MYT components for FY 2021-22 and adjustments in the Consumer End Tariff of LESCO at NEPRA HQ, Islamabad. The Authority heard the petitioners as well as the stakeholders and will announce its decision in due course of time.
A briefing session was held today at the NEPRA Auditorium in which 25 participants of the Management Trainee Program at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) briefed and shared their key learnings, experiences and possible implementation with the Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi and NEPRA Professionals.
Chairman NEPRA Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi presented and delivered a detailed presentation to the professionals of National Institute of Management (NIM) about NEPRA mandate & structure, its policy framework & current measures for alternative power solutions at NEPRA Headquarters, Islamabad
NEPRA held two consecutive Public Hearings on the applications/petition of FESCO for adjustment in Tariff for FY 2021-22 and by LESCO for modification of re-determination of the NEPRA regarding Multi-Year Consumer end Tariff at NEPRA Headquarters, Islamabad. The Authority heard the petitioners as well as the stakeholders and will announce its decision in due course of time
Public Hearing regarding adjustment request for indexation of MYT components for FY 2021-22 and prior period adjustments in the Consumer-end Tariff of IESCO was held at NEPRA Tower, Islamabad. The Authority heard the petitioner as well as the stakeholders and will announce its decision in due course of time
Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi, Chairman NEPRA had meeting today at NEPRA HO with Mr. Najeeb Agrawalla, CEO and Mr. Bashir Khan, Chief Operating Officer of 1LINK. Discussion held on implementation of electronic collection of NEPRA fees using 1Link platform to facilitate NEPRA licensees/applicants in making e-payment online/mobile apps/ATMs
Public Hearing on the motions filed by the Federal Govt w.r.t. recommendations of consumers-end tariff for XWDISCOs and K-Electric was held today which was presided by Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi along with members of the Authority, Mr. Rafique Ahmad Shaikh, Mr. Rehmatullah Baloch and Engr. Maqsood Anwar Khan. The Authority heard the petitioner as well as the stakeholders and will announce its decision in due course of time
NEPRA in line with its monumental initiative called ‘Power with Security’ hosted an in-house seminar on Cyber Security today at NEPRA Tower. The main objective was to create awareness about power assets of Pakistan among NEPRA Professionals on Cyber Security with special emphasis on protection of the SCADA
Public hearings regarding recommendation of extension of incremental consumption package for K-Electric Industrial Consumers and Winter Incentive Package for electricity consumers on incremental construction for K-Electric and XWDISCOs by the Federal Government held at NEPRA HQs Islamabad.The Authority heard the petitioner as well as the stakeholders and will announce its decision in due course of time
Akhuwat Islamic Finance (AIM), K-Electric, and Engro Energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to offer interest-free microfinance loans (Qarz-e-Hasna) to households and small business owners for the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. Chairman NEPRA presided the occasion while NEPRA Members are also present during the ceremony
To recognize the outstanding services of NEPRA employees for timely publication and submission of NEPRA’s Annual and State of Industry Reports for the year 2021-21, approval of phase-I of IGCEP 2021-30 & successfully conducting webinar on Saftey. Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi and Member (Balochistan), Mr. Rehmatullah Baloch lauded the efforts and hard-work of these employees and rewarded them with cash and appreciation certificates
Public hearing i.r.o. excessive billing on account of enhanced billing cycle by DISCOs including K-electric was held today at NEPRA Tower, Islamabad. CEOs of DISCOs, PITC, Represntatives of Power Division, Business Community, Journalists and affected consumers participated in the same. The Authority directed the DISCOs to compensate the affected ones in the next bills. NEPRA will ensure the implementation of directive of the Authority at the DISCOOs' level
Mr. Ken O’Flaherty, UK’s COP26 Regional Ambassador for Asia-Pacific and South Asia called on Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi at his office today to discuss climate change priorities for Pakistan in the run up to COP26, especially on clean energy and climate ambition. The Chairman NEPRA also discussed NEPRA's CSR drive "Power with Prosperity" in detail with the Ambassador. The UK Development Director and Advisor Climate & Resilience also attended this meeting.
Public Hearing regarding request for Proposal submitted by K-Electric for Three Solar Projects at Vinder, Uthar and Bela Districts of Balochistan was held at NEPRA Tower, Islamabad. The Authority heard the petitioner as well as the stakeholders and will announce its decision in due course of time
An Agreement signing ceremony was held at NEPRA HQ to initiate the pilot project for archiving of NEPRA’s record. Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi and CEO-Archive Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd, Mr. Naeem Piracha, signed the said agreement in the presence of all HoDs. At the end of ceremony, Chairman NEPRA appreciated and emphasized the adoption of mordern technology for safe and secure management of NEPRA's record
Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Touseef H. Farooqi along with Authority members presided over a full day interactive session with all the Chairman BoDs and CEOs of DISCOs/K-Electric at Lahore. The main purpose of this session was to discuss and share experience regarding performance of DISCOs in terms of reduction in T&D losses, improvement in recovery, zero load shedding, better customer experience, development of HSE Directorates and adopting NEPRA’s ideology of “Power with Prosperity” in CSR related activities
A Public Hearing regarding tariff to be charged from Electric Vehicles (EVs) by Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCSs) was held today at NEPRA, HQ. In this hearing, representatives of EVs and EVCSs manufacturer and EVs owner etc. expressed their valuable views. At the end, the Authority also requested the participants to submit their written comments within seven (07) days to further proceed in the matter so that an informed decision is taken
Public Hearing Regarding Fuel Charges Adjustment of K-Electric for the Month of July 2021 and 4th quarterly adjustment under MYT FY 2017-2023 was held at NEPRA Tower, Islamabad. The Authority heard the petitioner as well as the stakeholders and will announce its decision in due course of time
An interactive session of NEPRA Authority with CEOs and MDs of Power sector licensees dealing with Generation, Transmission and Distribution Companies was held today at NEPRA HQ. A comprehensive discussion was held to achieve zero accidents by adopting the most effective HSE practices in Pakistan
NEPRA held three consecutive public hearings on the petitions filed by MEPCO for determination of its distribution and supply of electric power for FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25 and K-Electric for determination of Fuel Cost Adjustment for the period Jan to June 2021 and 3rd quarterly adjustment under MYT FY 2017-2023
Hearing regarding review petition filed by Energy & Power Department, KPK against the Authority Determination in the matter of WAPDA Hydroelectric tariff was held at NEPRA Headquarters, Islamabad. The Govt. of KPK was represented by KPK Finance Minister, along with Attorney General-KPK and officials.
Ambassador of China to Pakistan, His Excellency Mr. Nong Rong called on Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi today at NEPRA Headquarters, Islamabad. NEPRA arranged a reception in his honour to celebrate 70 years of friendship between Pakistan and China and the support extended by the Government of China in bolstering the Power Industry of Pakistan
Ambassador of China to Pakistan, His Excellency Mr. Nong Rong called on Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi today at NEPRA Headquarters, Islamabad. NEPRA arranged a reception in his honour to celebrate 70 years of friendship between Pakistan and China and the support extended by the Government of China in bolstering the Power Industry of Pakistan
Ambassador of China to Pakistan, His Excellency Mr. Nong Rong called on Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi today at NEPRA Headquarters, Islamabad. NEPRA arranged a reception in his honour to celebrate 70 years of friendship between Pakistan and China and the support extended by the Government of China in bolstering the Power Industry of Pakistan